AltWeeklies Wire
The Fire Down Belownew
As a gas-drilling frenzy in North Texas continues, residents fight for the truth--and brace for the worst.
The Texas Observer |
Forrest Wilder |
12-08-2010 |
Environment
Tags: Shale Gas, Barnett Shale
Texas Could Soon Have 12 New Coal-Fired Power Plants. What Gives?new
The Texas coal rush threatens to throw a monkey wrench into the nation's long-delayed efforts to stem global warming. If all 12 plants are built, they would add upwards of 80 million tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere every year.
The Texas Observer |
Forrest Wilder |
11-18-2009 |
Environment
Is West Texas' Water Supply at Risk of Radioactive Contamination?new
For years, Waste Control has touted its 1,300-acre dump site as nearly geologically perfect for containing radioactive waste for tens of thousands of years. The company’s primary selling point has been what it calls the "almost impenetrable red bed clay" in which the waste will be buried. But the red bed is leaking.
The Texas Observer |
Forrest Wilder |
06-17-2009 |
Environment
Texas is Greenlighting Massive Nuclear Waste Dumpnew
Scientists and engineers at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality stridently object to the plans, but agency upper management wants to approve the licenses.
The Texas Observer |
Forrest Wilder |
04-09-2008 |
Environment
Burying the Oppositionnew
A plan for radioactive waste burial is so bad even some at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality think it should be killed. Fat chance.
The Texas Observer |
Forrest Wilder |
12-17-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
That Sinking Feelingnew
The water's rising, the island's subsiding, and Galveston, Texas, keeps on building.
The Texas Observer |
Forrest Wilder |
11-05-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
